News Headlines - 28 July 2018
▽Chicago could launch basic income, here are other global experiments - Business Insider
In Chicago, alderman Ameya Pawar has proposed a bill to provide 1,000 families with $500 a month in a pilot that would make Chicago the largest US city to try a basic income program. In an interview with The Intercept, Pawar said he introduced the bill because he is worried that automation could leave millions of people without jobs.
Beyond Chicago, a number of cities and countries around the world are running their own experiments.
▽Arson Arrest Made In Fast-Moving Southern California Fire : NPR
A California man has been taken into custody on suspicion of arson, as firefighters have contained just 5 percent of the blaze that started Wednesday in the Idyllwild area in Riverside County.
The Cranston Fire has destroyed five homes and forced some 3,200 people to evacuate. The fire spread very rapidly, expanding to 4,700 acres in just a few hours.
▽South Korea to cut 17% of generals, merge Army commands in military reform
South Korea will reduce the number of general-grade officers by about 17 percent over the next four years, in line with the overall troop drawdown scheme, as part of a new defense reform initiative aimed at creating a slimmer yet stronger military.
▽Pilots suspended after fight breaks out in the cockpit mid-flight | Metro News
A fight broke out between a pilot and his co-pilot as they flew a jet with 150 passengers on board. Despite the pilot hitting his colleague as they argued over a food tray, the co-pilot claimed, they managed to successfully land the plane in Baghdad, Iraq. But the two men have since been suspended by Iraqi Airways, which has warned they face strict punishments.
▽Medicinal cannabis products to be legalised - BBC News
Specialist doctors in the UK will be able to legally prescribe cannabis-derived medicinal products by autumn, the home secretary has announced... Their advice was part of a review into medicinal cannabis launched by the home secretary following an outcry over Billy Caldwell and Alfie Dingley being denied access to cannabis oil... The Home Office recently granted them licences to access the treatments.
